How to Remove Toolbars
Release time:2023-05-16 07:29:44 oRead0
Method 1
Method 1 of 5:
Google Chrome
- 1 Open Google Chrome. It's the red, yellow, green, and blue sphere icon.
- 2 Click ⋮. This icon is in the top-right corner of the Chrome window. Clicking it will open a drop-down menu.
- 3 Select More tools. It's toward the bottom of the drop-down menu. Doing so prompts a pop-out menu.
- 4 Click Extensions. This option is in the pop-out menu. The Extensions page will open.
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Click the trash can icon. It's to the right of the toolbar that you want to uninstall.
- You may first have to scroll down to the toolbar.
- 6 Click Remove when prompted. Doing so will delete the extension from Google Chrome.
- 7 Close and re-open Google Chrome. When Chrome finishes loading after re-opening it, the toolbar should be gone.
- 1 Open Firefox. It's a blue globe icon with an orange fox wrapped around it.
- 2 Click ☰. It's in the top-right corner of the Firefox window. Doing so prompts a drop-down window.
- 3 Click Add-ons. This puzzle piece-shaped icon is in the drop-down window.
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Click the Extensions tab. It's on the left side of the page (Windows) or at the top of the pop-up window (Mac).
- If you can't find the toolbar you want to remove here, look for it in the Plug-ins tab instead.
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Click Remove. It's to the right of the toolbar you want to remove. Doing so will immediately delete the toolbar from your Firefox browser.
- You may have to scroll down to locate the toolbar that you want to uninstall.
- 6 Close and re-open Firefox. Once Firefox finishes reloading, the toolbar should be gone.
- 1 Open Microsoft Edge. Its icon resembles a dark-blue "e".
- 2 Click ⋯. It's in the top-right corner of the Edge window. A drop-down menu will appear.
- 3 Click Extensions. This option is toward the bottom of the drop-down menu.
- 4 Select the toolbar extension. Click the toolbar extension that you want to remove. A pop-up menu will appear.
- 5 Click Remove. It's an option in the pop-up menu. Doing so will remove the toolbar from Edge.
- 6 Close and reopen Microsoft Edge. Once Edge finishes re-opening, the toolbar's interface will be gone.
- 1 Open Internet Explorer. It's a light-blue "e" icon with a yellow band wrapped around it.
- 2 Click Settings . This icon is in the top-right corner of the window. A drop-down menu will appear.
- 3 Click Manage add-ons. You'll find this option near the middle of the drop-down menu.
- 4 Click the Toolbars and Extensions tab. It's on the left side of the Manage Add-Ons window.
- 5 Select the toolbar extension. Click the toolbar that you want to remove from Internet Explorer. This will select it, bringing up contextual options in the bottom-right corner of the window.
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Click Remove or Disable. Depending on the type of toolbar (e.g., officially licensed by Microsoft), you may not be able to remove the toolbar entirely; however, you can disable it to turn it off.
- Third-party toolbars are entirely removable by clicking Remove.
- 7 Close and re-open Internet Explorer. When Internet Explorer finishes re-opening, your toolbar should be gone.
- 1 Open Safari. This blue, compass-shaped app should be in your Mac's Dock at the bottom of the screen.
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Click Safari. It's a menu item in the top-left corner of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear.
- If you don't see this menu item, click the Safari window to force it to appear.
- 3 Click Preferences…. It's at the top of the Safari drop-down menu. This will prompt a window to open.
- 4 Click the Extensions tab. This option is toward the right side of the row of options at the top of the pop-up window.
- 5 Click Uninstall next to the toolbar. Make sure you do this next to the toolbar you want to remove. Doing so prompts a pop-up window.
- 6 Click Uninstall when prompted. The toolbar will be removed from Safari.
- 7 Close and re-open Safari. Once Safari reloads, the toolbar should be gone.